Maria Pound

Maria Anne Pound (born 5 August 1958) is a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 1993 and as Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1995. Pound also represented the Northeast England constituency in Parliament from 1992 to 1995.

Upon the formation of the Cable-Pound coalition government in 1993, Pound began serving as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She announced her resignation as Leader of the Labour Party and her retirement from Parliament on the same day that Parliament was dissolved in 1995.